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DDR vs DDR3
Name: gilloz Date: November 22, 2005 at 16:34:55 Pacific OS: WinXP CPU/Ram: 1900+/512 MB
Comment:
I am getting mixed messages about what type of video card to use on a motherboard that calls out DDR. The editor of a well known publication says its OK to use a DDR3 video card on a DDR motherboard. I was under the impression that you had to maintain the same DDR configuration between mobo and video cards. The mobo in question is the DFI LANParty nF4 SLI-DR. The video card is an evga 6600 GT 128MB DDR3 PCI-E. I need a second and third opinion here. What say anyone?
Name: Jimi_l Date: November 22, 2005 at 17:31:32 Pacific
Reply:
It does not matter.
Jimi_l
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Response Number 2
Name: jam Date: November 22, 2005 at 18:08:58 Pacific
Reply:
System RAM & video RAM are 2 completely different things...you have nothing to worry about
R.I.P. Eddie Guerrero "Viva La Raza"
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Response Number 3
Name: vois2 Date: November 22, 2005 at 19:06:20 Pacific
Reply:
The above comments are correct, but just to give you additional assurance: I run a 6600 GT DDR3 on a SDRAM DDR2 system, and a 6600 GT DDR3 on a DRAM DDR, too.
Love my 6600 GTs... Which brand of 6600 GT 128mb are you buying?
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